Baxter golfers open season at West Marshall

STATE CENTER — Charlie Maher and Masyn Titus led the Baxter boys golf team in their varsity debuts on Tuesday, but the Bolts finished third in a road triangular at Lincoln Valley Golf Course.

The Bolts shot 194 in third. Host West Marshall won the meet with a 173 and Saydel carded a 182 in second.

Maher carded a 44 in his debut and placed fifth, while Titus turned in a debut score of 47. The other two counting scores for Baxter came from Stadan Vansice (50) and Colten Damman (52), who made his varsity debut, too.

Hudson Bethards turned in a non-counting 56 and Cainan Travis carded a non-counting 57 in his varsity debut.

Ryan VanHouten of Saydel was the meet medalist with a 39. West Marshall’s James Decker, Hunter Polley and Yuk Yin Wong all shot 42s in a tie for second.

Baxter girls finish second at West Marshall

The Bolts opened their season with a 234 at Lincoln Valley Golf Course, but that resulted in a second-place finish in a triangular hosted by West Marshall.

The host Trojans won the meet with a 188 and Saydel did not have enough golfers for a team score.

West Marshall’s Rachel Randall carded a 45 as the meet medalist and her teammate, Natalie Nichols, was the runner-up with a 46.

Baxter was led by Karlee Koehler, which finished fourth with a 49.

The other three scoring golfers were Hannah Huffaker (57), Rilynn Titus (63) and Klaire Shanks (65).

Maddie Reimers (74) and Caydence Sulzle (74) had non-counting scores. It was the varsity debut for Sulzle.